This build contains a complete rewrite of the HTML parsing pipeline for displaying posts. If you notice any issues with how post text appears—especially when it differs from on the web—please report it!
This build is a hotfix for an issue loading notifications in certain circumstances. The changelong for the previous build (adding post editing) is included below.
- Make attachment description text selectable in gallery
- Add long press to copy usernames on profile screen
- Add Favorites screen to Explore tab
- Optimize conversation loading when opening a conversation that is already fully-loaded
- Apply Mastodon poll limits in Compose screen
- VoiceOver: Fast account switcher improvements (make the screen modal, select the first account upon opening the switcher, make each account a single item)
- VoiceOver: Improve labels for notifications
- VoiceOver: Fix custom emoji picker buttons not having labels
Bugfixes:
- Fix trends sometimes appearing in Explore/sidebar on non-Mastodon instances
- Fix status favorite/reblog accounts list not resizing on device rotation
- Fix bookmarks screen sometimes going haywire
- Fix trending statuses not being deselected upon navigating back
- Fix crash when tapping My Profile tab too early in app lifecycle
- Handle 401 errors on instance timelines properly
- Fix potential crash when showing context menu previews for status
- Fix follow request accept/reject buttons not matching accent color preference
- iPadOS: Fix crash when switching between sidebar and tab bar while on the Explore screen
- iOS 15: Fix accent colors not being disaplyed in Preferences
The major new feature of this build is filters! Filters are editable by pressing the Filters button in the top-left corner of the Home tab. Filters are currently applied to timelines and profiles (filtering conversations and notifications will be added in a future build).
Features/Improvements:
- Filters
- Edit/create filters
- Apply filters to timelines and profiles
- Add preference to customize swipe actions on status cells (Preferences -> Appearance -> Leading/Trailing Swipe Actions)
- Show notifications for edited posts
- Add more details to the relationship label on profiles
- "Follows you", "You follow", "You follow each other", and "You block"
- Add state restoration for Federated and Local timelines
- Also fixes an issue where posts from other timelines would appear in the home timeline after a relaunch
- Add state restoration for Compose screen
- Organize expanded custom emoji picker by category
- Add indicator for locked profiles
- Add cache size info to Advanced preferences
- Indicate when a followed hashtag caused a post to appear in the home timeline
- Add hashtag follow/unfollow actions
- Completely replace timeline items after Jump to Present used
- Fixes infinite scroll not being usable after jumping
- iPad/Mac: Add Cmd+Return shortcut for sending post on the Compose screen
- VoiceOver: Hide redundant information on Compose screen
- VocieOver: Add links/mentions/hashtags to actions rotor on statuses
- VoiceOver: Add show profile action to timeline statuses
Bugfixes:
- Fix gifv attachments appearing off-center
- Fix long status on certain screens not getting collapsed
- Fix error when refreshing a timeline with no items
- Fix cells in account list and status action account list not being deselected when navigating back
- Limit search in Edit List screen to accounts the user follows
- Fix attachments disappearing from statuses on the Conversation screen
- Fix extra space gap appearing in profile headers below avatar
- Fix mute duration options not including 1 week
- Hometown: Fix local-only state not being copied from the replied-to post
- iPad: Fix timeline statuses not getting deselected when entering split navigation
- iPad: Fix Mute screen using pointless two-column layout
- iPad: Fix creating a list from the sidebar making the previous tab inaccessible
- iPad: Fix creating a list not showing the Edit List screen automatically
- iPad: Fix selected sidebar item becoming out-of-sync when deleting a list/hashtag/instance
- Mac: Workaround for pressing Cmd+1/2/... crashing
- This prevents the crash, but the actions remain unusable due to a macOS bug
- VoiceOver: Fix escape gesture not working on Compose screen
- VoiceOver: Fix links in conversation main status not being selectable
- VoiceOver: Fix profile relationship not being read
- VoiceOver: Fix not being able to select profile from conversation main status
Known Issues:
- Filters are not applied to notifications and conversations
The headlining feature is state restoration and timeline gaps! When you re-open the app after it's been closed for a while, it will remember your position in the timeline and allow you to keep reading from there. It will also let you jump all the way to the present.
Features/Improvements:
- Timeline state restoration, timeline gaps, and jump-to-present
- Allow posting wide color gamut images on Mastodon 4
- Add Add to List menu action to profiles
- Improve More Actions button visibility on dark profile header images
- Make poll options in the Compose screen reorderable with drag & drop
- Embiggen Share/Close controls in the gallery to make them easier to tap
- Separate section for Shared Albums in the Compose attachment picker
- Indicate verified profile links with a checkmark and popover explaining what it means
- Add a preference for using the Twitter-style keyboard with @ and # (Preferences -> Composing -> Show @ and # on Keyboard)
- Improve reblog indicator in timeline
Bugfixes:
- Fix not being able to select an existing draft to edit it
- Fix double-tap to zoom in the gallery not working
- Fix crash when toggling collapsed posts in Trending Posts
- Fix albums in asset picker not being sorted by name
- Fix profile headers getting squished when statuses are loaded while the profile is offscreen
- Fix error loading posts when server returns rich cards
- Fix Akkoma instnaces not being detected as supporting Pleroma features
- Fix crash when launching the app in slow network conditions
- Fix lists not updating in the UI when renamed
- Fix follow/block/mute actions displaying on the user's own profile
- Fix Edit List screen being presented repeatedly when switching tabs back to Explore with a list open
- Fix reblog visibility icon getting squished in the reblog confirmation dialog when Dynamic Type is active
- Fix toasts not adjusting to Dynamic Type size
- Don't show duplicate reply/favorite/reblog actions in the status More Actions menu
- iPadOS 15: Fix toolbar in Compose window being obscured by the keyboard
This is the first build with the rewritten/rearchitected timeline screen. In future builds, this will roll out to the notifications and profile screens as well, but for now it's only used in the home tab. If you encounter crashes or errors, please report them. If you see a blue error bubble pop up, you can long-press it to send an error report.
Features/Improvements:
- Display error messages when favoriting/reblogging fails
Bugfixes:
- iOS 15: (hopefully) fix lock-related crash
- Fix crash when loading indicator is shown multiple times
Known Issues:
- Videos played from the timeline do not enter picture-in-picture mode when backgrounding the app
- Status expand/collapse animations on other screens do not match timelines
- Show notifications when subscribed to other people's posts
- Use context menu for filter/sort in Profile Directory
- Enable data detectors (flight numbers, addresses, shippment numbers, phone numbers, currency (iOS 16), and physical units (iOS 16)) for the main status in Conversation
- iPadOS: Two column navigation
- In potrait orientation with the sidebar hidden, or in landscape, Tusker uses two column navigation on iPad
- Selecting something will open a second column in which navigation takes place
- The second column can be closed from its top level
- You can drill down farther inside the second column
- Selecting a different item in the first column replaces the second column
- iPadOS: Move Trending Hashtags/Links to Explore screen (formerly Search)
- Trending Statuses and Profile Directory will also be moved in a future version
- iPadOS: Add context menu action for deleting drafts
- iOS 16: Add Live Text to images in the gallery view
- iOS 16: Show favorite/reblog context menu actions
- iOS 16: Show full size previews when long-pressing attachments on the Compose screen
- iOS 16: Show formatting actions in edit menu on Compose screen
Bugfixes:
- Fix attachments on Pleroma not being served as the correct content type
- Fix not being able to open some hashtags with non-ASCII characters
- Fix crash when leaving the app shortly after opening it
- Fix crash when loading notifications on Pixelfed
- Fix crash due to retain cycle when changing preferences
- iPadOS: Fix crash when opening a conversation in a new window
This is the first public beta build of Tusker, so if you're just joining us, welcome! Not too many new features this build, mostly bugfixes, so test everything and generally use the app.
Features/Improvements:
- Add timeline descriptions the first time you view federated/local
- Show messages when loading posts fails or when there are no newer posts
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash after editing lists
- Fix crash when refreshing before anything is loaded
- Fix crash when fetching recommended instances fails
- Fix crash when replying to posts with code formatting
- Fix crash when changing preferences after switching accounts
This is a quick follow-up to the previous build with fixes for a couple major crashes. Unfortunately, due to a bug in iOS 14, the Disable Infinite Scrolling preference now requires the iOS 15 beta to use. It may return in a future build if I can find a workaround, but it's disabled in the meantime.
Features/Improvements:
- iPadOS 15: Add Open in New Window context menu action to sidebar items
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash when editing accounts in a list
- Fix crash when refreshing timeline on iOS 14
- Fix(ish) crash when opening collapsed status with Disable Infinite Scrolling active on iOS 15
This is a big one! In addition to a bunch of fixes for anyone on the iOS 15 beta, there are a couple of big ticket features, including the Open in Tusker action extension and the Disable Infinite Scrolling preference.
Features/Improvements:
- Add Open in Tusker action extension
- Quickly search for any URL in Tusker
- In a share sheet, scroll to the bottom, tap "Edit Actions..." and turn on the "Open in Tusker" action
- Add Digital Wellness preference to disable infinite scrolling
- Add fast account switching indicator to My Profile tab
- Improve VoiceOver accessibility of polls and timeline statuses
- iPadOS: Create multiple main windows for different accounts by dragging from an account in Preferences
- iPadOS: Delete attachments on Compose screen by right-clicking and selecting Delete
- iPadOS 15: Add Open in New Window context menu action to most things
- iPadOS 15: Allow dragging the Compose sheet into a separate window
Bugfixes:
- Fix being unable to commit previewed account from timeline status
- Fix crash when searching fails
- Fix poll option percentages being cut off
- Fix polls not collapsing inside CWs
- Fix More button on profiles not being accessible with VoiceOver
- Fix VoiceOver reading profile fields in incorrect order
- Fix gallery animations jittering on devices with square screens (iPads, non-notched iPhones)
- Fix CW text jumping around post collapse animation
- iOS 15: Fix crash due when showing Draw Something screen in Compose
- iPadOS 14/iOS 15: Fix navigation bar turning transparent after opening the attachment gallery
- iPadOS 14/iOS 15: Fix drag-selecting poll options initiating a status cell drag interaction
- iPadOS: Fix crash when loading a previously-opened conversation window
- iPadOS 15: Fix showing Compose screen when keyboard focus moves through the sidebar
Known Issues:
- Disable Infinite Scrolling preference only affects timelines, not notifications or profiles
- iPadOS 15: The Compose sheet cannot be dismissed by swiping down
- iPadOS 15: Keyboard focus is stuck in the sidebar
Polls! They're finally here. There will likely be another build in the next several weeks to polish some things off before WWDC, so if you've encountered any issues, now's the time to let me know :)
Features/Improvements:
- Show polls on posts
- Add authoring polls to Compose screen
- Add poll completed notifications
- Add preference for requiring confirmation before reblogging
Bugfixes:
- Fix cursor movement not working in Compse text field when an emoji was entered
- Fix several crashes related to network requests failing
- Show assets in attachment picker immediately after permissions is initially granted
- Fix crash when tapping non-HTTP(S) link with the In-App Safari preference enabled
Known Issues:
- Polls with between 23h30m and 24h left show as "0 weeks remaining"
There are a whole bunch of new features in this release, in addition to a slew of bugfixes. The big ticket items are multi-window support on iPadOS and fast account switching on iPhone (fast account switching will be supported on iPads in a future build).
Features/Improvements:
- Add fast account switching on iPhone
- Long-press on the My Profile tab and drag up to select another account
- Add account switching animation
- iPadOS: Add multiple windows
- Drag and drop statuses and accounts on timelines into auxiliary windows
- Drag and drop sidebar items into new windows
- Drag and drop Compose drafts into new windows
- Add key commands
- ⌘R to refresh timelines
- ⌘N to Compose a post
- ⌘B/⌘I text formatting on Compose screen
- ⇧⌘[/⇧⌘] to switch between sub-tabs
- iPadOS: ⌘1/⌘2/⌘3/⌘4/⌘5 to select sidebar items
- Show link cards on statuses
- Add Grayscale Images preference to Digital Wellness
- Add preference for applying opposite collapse behavior for specific keywords
Bugfixes:
- Fix statuses not appearing on My Profile until scrolling
- Fix crashes when scrolling through timelines
- Fix logging into PixelFed instances
- Interacting with PixelFed instances remains only partially supported
- Enlarge expand/collapse button tap area
- Fix cursor disappearing behind keyboard when typing attachment descriptions
- Fix crash when viewing custom emojis with spaces in their URLs
- Fix split view not working in landscape on Plus/Max iPhones
This release is primarily focused on bug fixes with the one key feature of autocomplete suggestions when typing in the Compose screen. It also fixes an issue on the various new sizes of iPhone 12, so if you're getting a new device, make sure to update.
Features/Improvements:
- Add autocompletion on Compose screen
- Autocomplete provides suggestions for @-mentions, hashtags, and emojis as you're typing in the post body
- Provides suggestions for emojis as you're typing in the CW field
- Type a colon and expand the emoji suggestions to view all custom emoji on your instance
- Hashtag suggestions prioritize trending and saved hashtags, in addition to searching all hashtags on your instance
- Account suggestions prioritize accounts that you follow or that follow you, as well as searching all accounts known to your instance
- Show custom emojis in users' display names in follow, favorite, and reblog notifications
- Enable picture-in-picture playback of video attachments
- iOS 14: Automatically enter picture-in-picture when closing the app while a video is playing
- Correctly positiong gallery controls on iPhone 12-family devices
- Round corners of the avatar on the My Profile tab icon
- Remove extraneous U+FFFC characters inserted by dictation when posting
- Add swipe to remove accounts in Preferences
Bugfixes:
- Fix not being able to tap placeholders in Compose
- Fix broken layout on Compose screen when replying to very long posts
- Fix crash when opening Compose or My Profile too quickly after launch
- Upload photos taken with the in-app camera as JPEGs instead of PNGs
- Fixes an issue where Mastodon would incorrectly believe the file size to be too large
- Fix crash when using home screen shortcuts
- Disable rotating into landscape on iPhone on iOS 14
The marquee feature of this build is the new and improved Compose screen. It's been rewritten to use SwiftUI, is significantly more resilient to data loss, and now shows the toolbar when the main text field is not focused. It also turns out Apple is surprise-releasing iOS 14 very soon (or possibly already has, depending when you're reading this). For those who were not already on the beta train, iOS 14 brings a number of new features including a sidebar on iPadOS and lots and lots of context menus (a home screen widget is coming Soon™).
Known Issues:
- Pasting images to create attachments when composing a post is not currently supported due to an iOS bug (#109)
- Full-size previews do not display in context menus for attachments on the Compose screen due to an iOS issue (#110)
Features/Improvements:
- Rewrite Compose screen using SwiftUI
- Prevent draft posts being lost if the app crahes or is killed by the system while composing
- Show toolbar while post content is not being edited
- Save post visibility in drafts
- Move Draw Something action out of the context menu
- iOS 14: Use context menus for setting post visibility
- Show BlurHash previews for attachments on Mastodon
- Add Expand All Content Warnings preference (Preferences -> Behavior)
- Add Collapse Long Posts preference (Preferences -> Behavior)
- Improve image gallery opening animation
- Use fade in/out animations for opening/closing gallery and attachment picker when the Reduce Motion system setting is enabled
- iOS 14: Also requires the "Prefer Cross Fade" setting be enabled
- Slightly reduce default status font sizes
- Add "Direct Message" context menu action to Compose button on profile screen
- Allow viewing attachments and navigating through posts/accounts on instance public timelines
Bugfixes:
- Fix errors when uploading attachments not displaying
- Fix attachments not posting in the correct, user-specified order
- Fix accounts displaying with outdated information (avatars, display names, etc.)
- Fix Compose not showing button on profile screen
- Fix navigation title not being set on profile screen
- Fix follow notifications not showing names for users without display names set
- iPadOS 14: Fix crash when resizing app in split view mode
This is the first update since WWDC and the introduction of iOS 14. As such, most of the focus has been on fixing iOS 14-specific problems. However, there are still a couple new features, both for those on the iOS 14 beta and those not.
Features/Improvements:
- Add toggle between Posts, Posts and Replies, and Media on user profiles
- Remove 'Show Replies in Profiles' preference
- Limit link preview animation to only link text
- Add additional context menu actions for statuses, accounts, and hashtags
- Add semi-translucent background to image descriptions, so they're legible against light images
- iPadOS 14: Add sidebar
- When using multitasking on iPad and switching in and out of "compact" mode, the active tab as well as the navigation history for all tabs will be transferred between the sidebar and tab bar modes.
- iOS 14: Use context menus on status/account '...' buttons
- iOS 14: Replace 'More' status swipe action with 'Share'
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash when attempting to change post visibility on iPad
- Fix attachment view corners not being rounded
- Fix crash when viewing instance public timelines
- Fix Preferences button not appearing on My Profile tab
- Fix tapping current tab bar item not scrolling to top
- Fix crash showing audio attachments on Mastodon
- Fix timeline refreshing forever
- Set app category (fixes usage not being categorized correctly under Screen Time)
- iOS 14: Fix crash when searching for instances
- iOS 14: Fix crash when displaying accounts with no pinned posts
- iOS 14: Fix crash when displaying search results
This is the pre-WWDC update with lots of bugfixes and some small features. There will likely be another build this week to fix any pressing issues that arise from iOS 14.
- Disable reblog button for direct/followers-only posts
- On Pleroma, the reblog button is still enabled for your own followers-only posts to match Pleroma's "Boost to original audience" feature.
- Add preference to always display status visibilities below account avatars
- Add preference to show reply indicators for statuses in timelines
- Show share/dismiss controls and image description for gifv attachments
- 'Share' is currently disabled for gifv attachments, it will be enabled in a future build
- Add crash report helper
- If the app detects that it crashed the last time it was running, it will allow you to review the crash report and email it to me
- Add Recognize Text context menu option for images on the Compose screen
- This uses iOS' builtin Vision framework to perform on-device OCR and generate an image description from the recognized text
- Tweak attachment previews to always have a 16:9 aspect ratio
Bugfixes:
- Fix account/status More actions not working
- Improve share sheet loading speed
- Fix crash when loading bookmarks
- Prompt for Photos access before showing photo picker. Prevents empty sheet displaying.
- Fix profile fields not displaying and improve layout
- Fix profile header image not displaying the first time an account is loaded
- Don't show Follow action for your own account
- Fix attachments on the Compose screen being cut-off above the home indicator on iPhone X-style devices
- Fix audio being played by other apps pausing when displaying a gifv attachment on Mastodon
## 2020.1 (5)
The main focus of this update has been switching to using CoreData internally to cache/synchronize the most up-to-date versions of all statuses. Currently, this does not provide any new functionality, however, it lays the groundwork for several significant features coming in the future, including multiple window support on iPadOS and state restoration/persistence between launches.
Even though there aren't a huge number of new features in this build, a great deal has changed under the hood. As such, this build may suffer somewhat in the stability department. Please bear with me and report any issues you encounter; you can send me a message on the fediverse, email me at me@shadowfacts.net, or file an issue on the project issue tracker at https://git.shadowfacts.net/shadowfacts/Tusker/issues. Thank you!
Features:
- iPadOS: Add pointer interactions to status action buttons and profile header button
